An assembly for supporting a gbic guide rail on a PCB is disclosed. The gbic guide rail has a housing and support members sideways-extending from the housing, each supporting member having a support post. The PCB defines a cutout for partially receiving and accommodating the housing therein and a plurality holes for receivingly engaging the support posts thereby supporting the gbic guide rail in the cutout forming a low profile assembly.
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1. A gbic support assembly comprising:
a gbic guide rail comprising an frame and a U-shaped cover; a plurality of support members sideward extending from sidewalls of the frame; a post downwardly extending from each of said support members; and a printed circuit board defining a cutout receiving a frame therein, a plurality of holes formed in side portions of said cutout and receiving the corresponding posts, respectively; wherein the support members are positioned between lower edges of the cover and the printed circuit board and support the guide rail on the printed circuit board.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a gigabyte interface converter (GBIC), and in particular to an assembly of a GBIC and a printed circuit board (PCB) forming a low profile configuration.
2. Description of Related Art
An optoelectronic transceiver module provides for bi-directional transmission of data between an optical data media and an electrical interface. Generally, a transceiver module comprises an outer guide rail by which the transceiver module is contained and fixed up.
A stacked GBIC guide rail assembly comprises a lower guide frame and at least one upper guide frame for each supporting one transceiver module therein. The lower guide frame is attached to a surface of the printed circuit board (PCB) with pins extending through and soldered on the PCB. Alternatively, a GBIC guide rail can be fixed to the surface of the PCB by an electrical connector (See U.S. Pat. No. Re 36,820). Disadvantages are associated with such a connection between a guide frame and a PCB. For example, the connection between the lower guide frame and PCB may cause short-circuit of the PCB. Furthermore, the conventional stacked GBIC guide rail takes a large amount of space above the PCB.
It is thus desirable to provide a lower profile stacked GBIC guide rail for overcoming the above problems.
In accordance with the present invention, an assembly of a GBIC guide rail and a PCB is provided. The GBIC guide rail is partially received in a cutout defined in the PCB and forms sideways-extending support posts for supporting the GBIC guide rail on the PCB, forming a low profile configuration of the GBIC guide rail.
The present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art by reading the following description of a preferred embodiment with reference to the attached drawings, in which:
Referring to the
Since a portion of the housing 11 is located bebw the PCB 2, the overall height of the GBIC guide rail 1 above the PCB 2 is reduced, forming a low profile configuration.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that a variety of modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention defined in the appended claims.
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